Atlantic Division Final Game 5: Hershey Bears 5, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3 (Hershey leads 3-2) (5/11/16)

Box Score

(A1) Hershey vs. (A3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Peters (5-2-1, 1.26) vs. Jarry (1-0-0, 0.78), DeSmith (4-2-0, 2.52)

1st Period

Scoring

5:45- HER Goal: Camper (3), Vrana & Mitchell
17:40- HER Goal (PPG): Vrana (4), Sill & Camper

Penalties

0:02- WBS Penalty: Sestito for Fighting (5:00)
0:02- WBS Penalty: Sestito Misconduct for Continuing Altercation (10:00)
0:02- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Fighting (5:00)
0:26- HER Penalty: Walker for Goaltender Interference (2:00)
13:30- WBS Penalty: Sprong for Tripping (2:00)
15:45- WBS Penalty: Rowney for Tripping (2:00)
16:51- WBS Penalty: Oleksy for Slashing (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

9:05- HER Goal: Collins (3), Boyd & Ness
9:44- WBS Goal: Kostopoulos (4), Guentzel & Rowney
14:38- WBS Goal: Archibald (1), Jeffrey & Goers

Penalties

16:22- HER Penalty: Boyd for Holding (2:00)
19:02- WBS Penalty: Sestito for Elbowing (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

3:53- WBS Goal: Sestito (1), Blueger & Archibald
5:57- HER Goal (SHG): Sill (1), Stanton
18:59- HER Goal (EN): R. Bourque (1), Sill

Penalties

3:53- WBS Penalty: Sestito Misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (10:00)
3:53- WBS Penalty: Sestito Game Misconduct (10:00)
4:09- HER Penalty: Lewington for Cross-Checking (2:00)
6:16- WBS Penalty: Goers for High-Sticking (2:00)
19:41- WBS Penalty: Kostopoulos for Cross-Checking (2:00)
20:00- WBS Penalty: Oleksy for Fighting (5:00)
20:00- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Fighting (5:00)
20:00- HER Penalty: Sill for High-Sticking (2:00)

Shots

HER: 8-7-10=25
WBS: 13-10-9=32

Recap

What a crazy game. Full of twists and turns, the Bears were able to survive at the end to take the 3-2 series lead! The tension from the previous game showed right away, as a fight occurred two seconds in between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Tom Sestito & Hershey's Liam O'Brien. At the 5:45 mark, the Bears would get on the scoreboard first. Carter Camper scored his 3rd of the playoffs, from Jakub Vrana & Garrett Mitchell. Later in the period, the Bears would get a 5-on-3 power play chance and wouldn't waste it. Jakub Vrana scored his 4th of the playoffs (2nd point of night), from Zach Sill & Carter Camper (2nd point of night). After the 1st, the Penguins had the 13-8 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the momentum would start to turn in the Penguins' favor. At the 9:05 mark, it seemed the Bears had put the game out of reach with a 3-0 lead. Sean Collins scored his 3rd of the playoffs, from Travis Boyd & Aaron Ness. 39 seconds later, the Penguins started their comeback with their first goal. Tom Kostopoulos scored his 4th of the playoffs, from Jake Guentzel & Carter Rowney. After this goal, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton decided to change things up and change their goalie (Casey DeSmith in for Tristan Jarry). About 5 minutes later, the lead became one. Josh Archibald scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Dustin Jeffrey & Barry Goers. After the 2nd, the Penguins had the 23-15 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the game would get even crazier. 3:53 into the period, the player that has annoyed the Bears the most got the tying goal for the Penguins. Tom Sestito scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Teddy Blueger & Josh Archibald (2nd point of night). Sestito would be hit with two misconducts, one being a game misconduct, for his celebrations after. Just about two minutes later, the Bears would get what would be the game-winning goal on the penalty kill. Zach Sill scored his 1st of the playoffs (2nd point of night), from Ryan Stanton. With 1:01 left in the period, Hershey would get the empty-net goal to seal the victory. Ryan Bourque scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Zach Sill (2nd assist/3rd point of night). The Penguins finished with the 32-25 shot advantage.

Game 6: Friday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05